Improvement in sofa-attachments



nited gime @sind @lattina Letters Patent No. 96,103, dated October 26, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN SOFA-ATTACHMENTS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern.-y

Beit known that I, H; C. GRUBE, of Plaquemine in the parish of Iberville, and State of Louisiana, havd invented a new and useful Improvement iu Sofa-Attacliments; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specication.

My invention has for itsobject to provide a lounge or sofa with a more convenient arrangement, of a table, bureau, wash-stand, drawers, -&c., than those now in use, and one which shall also give a less objectionable appearance to said sofa or lounge as an article of furniture.

Figure'l represents a front elevation of a sofa, having my improved attachments, and partly broken out, to show the internal arrangements;

Figure 2 represents an end elevation, also part-ly broken out;A and Figure 3 represents an elevation of the opposite end. Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

At one end, near the top of the end elevation of an ordinary sofa, I propose to provide a sliding table, A, preferably made in two parts, hinged together, and folded over upon the other, when placed in the space prepared for it to slide and be supported in.'

I propose also to provide this slide with a spiral or other spring, B, for throwing it out, and a spring-catch, 0, for holding it in against the action of the spring. A

The catch is released, for throwing'out the table, by a thumb-catch, E.

In the end of. the sofa, and under the table, I provide a wash-stand, F, capable of sliding out, and having a towel-rack, G, conveniently arranged for taking hold of, for drawing the stand out. The said stand is also proyided with legs.

By the side of the wash-stand are drawers, H, for

toilet-articles, also for containing a mirror, which may be provided with a string or ribbon for raising up the rear side, the front being braced by the interior wall of the drawer.'

By this arrangement the mirror may be raised to any desired inclination for use, and restored again readily. s

In the other end of the sofa, I arrange, in a similar way, a bureau, I, which may have any preferred in ternal arrangement; and at the front, in the base of the flame, I arrange a drawer, K.

These attachments to a sofa or lounge provide a complete set of furniture (the sofa serving for bed and seat) for a room, and may be cheaply furnished, and easily moved or packed for transportation.

Having thus described my invention, .l

I claim as new, and desire to'secure by Letters Patent-'- The lounge or sofa, provided centrally with the drawer K, at one end with the bureau I, and at the .opposite end with the sliding wash-stand F, toiletdrawers H, andl sliding, hinged, and fbldngtable A, havingthe spring B, and the spring-catch O, operated by the catch E, all arranged as and for the purpose herein set forth. i

H. C, GRUBE.l

IVitnesses:

J. LEWIS BROWN, L. M. VnRnoIs. 

